BCOR 3030 - WORKING IN TEAMS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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What are behavioral attributes?
how people explain the causes of their own and other people's behavior
What are the two main types of attributes?
Internal and external attributes
What is an internal/dispositional attribution?
something about the PERSON is primarily responsible for the outcome
EX: personality, ability, motivation
EX: My friend didn't text me back because they are unreliable.
What is an external/situational attribution?
Something about the SITUATION is primarily responsible for the outcome
EX: task difficulty, luck
EX: My friend didn't text me back because they were busy
What are attributional biases?
systematic biases in perception reduce the accuracy of attributions
What is a self-serving attribution?
, our tendency to take credit for our own successes but attribute failures to external
causes
What is a fundamental attribution error?
The tendency to overestimate the effect of personality or individual behavior and
underestimate the impact of situational influences when explaining other people's
behavior
EX: A manager might blame an employee's poor performance on laziness (an internal
factor) rather than considering situational factors like lack of training or resources.
What is the actor-observer effect?
This is a bias where individuals attribute their own actions to external circumstances,
but attribute other people's actions to their personal characteristics
EX: if a manager misses a deadline, they might blame it on having to help another
employee (an external factor). However, if an employee misses a deadline, the
manager might attribute it to the employee's lack of time management skills (an internal
factor).
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
1. perceivers expectations
2. Perceiver's behavior toward target
3. Target's behavior in response to perceiver confirms expectations
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE
What are behavioral attributes?
how people explain the causes of their own and other people's behavior
What are the two main types of attributes?
Internal and external attributes
What is an internal/dispositional attribution?
something about the PERSON is primarily responsible for the outcome
EX: personality, ability, motivation
EX: My friend didn't text me back because they are unreliable.
What is an external/situational attribution?
Something about the SITUATION is primarily responsible for the outcome
EX: task difficulty, luck
EX: My friend didn't text me back because they were busy
What are attributional biases?
systematic biases in perception reduce the accuracy of attributions
What is a self-serving attribution?
, our tendency to take credit for our own successes but attribute failures to external
causes
What is a fundamental attribution error?
The tendency to overestimate the effect of personality or individual behavior and
underestimate the impact of situational influences when explaining other people's
behavior
EX: A manager might blame an employee's poor performance on laziness (an internal
factor) rather than considering situational factors like lack of training or resources.
What is the actor-observer effect?
This is a bias where individuals attribute their own actions to external circumstances,
but attribute other people's actions to their personal characteristics
EX: if a manager misses a deadline, they might blame it on having to help another
employee (an external factor). However, if an employee misses a deadline, the
manager might attribute it to the employee's lack of time management skills (an internal
factor).
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
1. perceivers expectations
2. Perceiver's behavior toward target
3. Target's behavior in response to perceiver confirms expectations
